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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Arbuckle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arbuckle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Arbuckle:
    • 38.712539, -81.948098
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Arbuckle
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Arbuckle ...

We found five communities that share the name Arbuckle.

Within West Virginia, the name Arbuckle is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa County
      • This Arbuckle is located in Colusa County and lies 2,138 miles [3,440.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arbuckle that is located in Mason County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Arbuckle.
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Arbuckle.
    • Florida
      • Highlands County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Arbuckle [Highlands County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Arbuckle lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Arbuckle that is located in Mason County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Erie County
      • This Arbuckle is located in Erie County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Arbuckle that is located in Mason County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Arbuckle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arbuckle ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Ash
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Ash is located in Mason County
  • Buffalo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Chestnut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
    • Chestnut is located in Mason County
  • Couch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
    • Couch is located in Mason County
  • Extra
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Extra have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extra
    • Extra is located in Putnam County
  • Fivemile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fivemile have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
    • Fivemile is located in Mason County
  • Gunville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunville
    • Gunville is located in Mason County
  • Indian Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Indian Village is located in Putnam County
  • Leon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Leon is located in Mason County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Pliny
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pliny
    • Pliny is located in Putnam County
  • Pondlick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pondlick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondlick
    • Pondlick is located in Mason County
  • Providence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Providence is located in Jackson County
  • Robertsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
    • Robertsburg is located in Putnam County
  • Tribble
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribble have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribble
    • Tribble is located in Mason County

How Far From Arbuckle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arbuckle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arbuckle and extending to:

  • Point Pleasant, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arbuckle to Point Pleasant, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arbuckle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arbuckle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arbuckle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7125, Longitude: -81.9481    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Arbuckle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Arbuckle could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Arbuckle to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.847 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.778 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.884 degrees.









 

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